Increase in temperature with increase in height is known as 

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111.

If the elevation of the sun declines , the albedo will :

  • Decline

  • Increase

  • Remain the same

  • No change


112.

Seasonal contrast in pressure between land and sea gives rise to :

  • Monsoons

  • Westerly winds

  • Land and Sea breezes

  • Trade winds


113.

V. Bjerknes Model is related with :

  • Origin of anti-cyclones

  • Origin of Mid-Latitude Cyclones

  • Origin of Tropical Cyclones

  • Origin of Monsoon


114.

Which one of the following is not correct ?

  • Cold front is marked with trainagular spikes

  • Warm front is marked with semicircles

  • A fast advancing warm front can cause violent lifting.

  • The tornadoes develop along squall line


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115.

Some heat is received by the atmospheric even after sunset from :

  • Invisible solar radiation

  • Latent heat

  • Radioactive processes 

  • Terrestrial radiation


116.

Consider the following statements :

  1. Ozone is found mostly in the stratosphere.
  2. Ozone layer lies 55-75 kms above the surface of the earth.
  3. Ozone absorbs ultraviolet raysfrom the Sun.
  4. Ozone layer has no significance for life on the earth. 

Which of the above statements are correct ?

  • 1 and 3

  • 2 and 4

  • 2 and 3

  • 1 and 4


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117.

Increase in temperature with increase in height is known as 

  • Lapse Rate

  • Adiabatic lapse rate

  • Inversion of temperature

  • Normal rate


C.

Inversion of temperature


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118.

Identify the correct sequence of the given processes regarding rainfall :

  • Unsaturated air , condensation , dew point , precipitation

  • Dew point , condensation , unsaturated air , precipitation

  • Unsaturated air , dew point , condensation , precipitation

  • Dew point , precipitation , condensation , unsaturated air


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119.

Read out the following conditions :

  1. Cloudy sky
  2. Cold dry air
  3. Strong winds
  4. Long winter nights

Which of the above conditions promote inversion of temperature ?

  • 1 , 2 and 4

  • 2 , 3 and 4

  • 1 and 4

  • 2 and 4


120.

The climate of Southern Ganga plain in the Thornthwaite classification is denoted by 

  • BA'W

  • CA'W

  • AA'W

  • CW'W


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